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"Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo * ShareShare * RecommendLog in to Recommend by Michael F. Ruffini Published on Tuesday, September 27, 20110 Comments Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo By Michael F. Ruffini * Social bookmarking websites enhance and improve the learning experience by encouraging group collaboration and making organizing and saving web resources faster and easier for students. * Social bookmarking services offer greater scope for research, integration, and collaboration compared to the more traditional bookmarking applications such as browsers, which offer limited functionality. * Among social bookmarking services, Diigo has features and functions that make it useful for the classroom, giving instructors tools for setting up groups of students, highlighting key information, and commenting. Classroom collaboration is an area that benefits directly from today's Internet experience in that students can develop their potential for learning by becoming more actively involved. Indeed, they can learn to approach and solve problems by collaborating with other students and their teachers. Social bookmarking websites give them opportunities to discover and organize information. While many social bookmarking sites offer some collaboration opportunities, I have found that Diigo (Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff) combines a user-friendly social platform with bookmarking features, making it an effective research, integration, and collaboration tool for use in the classroom. In this article, I compare the benefits of traditional and social bookmarking websites. Then, using Diigo as a focus, I explore the possible uses and benefits of social bookmarking for research and collaboration in the classroom. Traditional Bookmarking Teachers and students routinely use the Internet for archiving, organizing, and sharing information associated with their research and

The Kodu Pilot provided teachers with an opportunity to explore a very new Web 2.0 teaching and learning tool. Although activities were often stymied by technology problems, the outcomes for lower achieving students in particular has been very positive and in many cases unexpected. Importantly, it has taken many of the teachers to a new level of thinking in regard to working with their students. This is reflected in many of the comments from teachers but exemplified through the following thoughts from teachers in special settings, who feel the program has taught them: 'Not to underestimate the learning that can take place, even in students with learning difficulties'. 'Students will surprise you - expect the unexpected. Students are resilient and can work with a less than perfect environment ... if they are really interested and engaged'. 'I need to keep looking for new ways to help my students find their talents'.

New technology "Kodu" which is a new platform for learning

Very informative about web 2.0. Good resource

Various links to online resources for teachers.

Australian English Teachers' Association

For the English teachers among us!

"Bringing Social Media and Web 2.0 into the Classroom Brett McLennan and Christine Evely, Australian Centre for the Moving Image January 2010, Online Professional Learning Program for Teachers Web 2.0 and social media tools are becoming increasingly important tools to assist teachers in providing key learning for today's students. This session examined social media trends and provided participants with an understanding of the impact social media tools have both inside and outside the classroom. The session focussed on classroom strategies for both integrating the use of social media into the curriculum and linking it to traditional forms of classroom practice."

Another site for English teachers. A North American site with lesson plans for teaching literature and poetry (and also history and art history teachers). It offers high quality resources.

"20 Ways to Use Edmodo (Teacher)"

Well worth reviewing

this is all about the tools and resources for teachers

good to share with teachers who are looking for something different in teaching.

This websites gives a number of web based teaching resources. Furthermore, it gives a brief description of what these websites can do and a link to that website.

It contains links to web 2.0 resources which can be useful for teachers of students from K-12

An Internet Hotlist on Web 2.0

An entertaining and inspiring video about one view on what being a teacher entails.

This is a teachers guide to web 2.0 at school! enjoy!

"Create, Engage and Assess With Nearpod it's easy, really easy. Bring the classroom to life with interactive mobile presentations that teachers create and customize themselves."

Great website for teaching resources for primary and secondary teachers. Teachers around the world share their lesson plans and worksheets. Discussions regarding education issues and job opportunities are also available on the website.

This website is a really good social bookmarking website. It gives information on how teachers can use social bookmarking.

it provides good resources about 2.0 for teachers

This website gives a detailed description of numerous wiki's related to education. It also explains how to use the wiki, what grade its aimed at and teacher and student tips.

A wiki created by teachers who explore and brainstorm ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into teaching.